Shrieking Tree
Anti-Torture Vigil - Week 24
Citing a shortage of people to write parking tickets for, mall security closely monitored us as usual. One of them patriotically saluted us with the middle finger. The police soon arrived. We had a variation on the usual exchange:
Cop: "Turn the horn off or you're going to jail."
Me: "Well, I'm going to keep using it because it's legal."
Cop: "It's not legal. Turn the horn off or you're going to jail."
Me: "I'm sorry but it is legal."
Cop: "Do it again and you're going to go to jail."
Me: "Oh, awesome!"
After this, the person detained in the back seat of the cop's car began laughing and I continued to use the megaphone in the cop's presence. An hour and a half later and no arrests had been made. You'd think that after 24 weeks of vigils, and threat after repeated false threat of arrest, they'd just stop. But you've got to admire their persistence.
After this, a man hung himself out the window, waving his middle finger wildly, yelling all sorts of profanities and gay slurs. We were told to "get the fuck out of the country" and much more. A small taint on a day otherwise filled with people laughing at the satirical speeches made on the megaphone and mostly positive responses.
Anti-Torture Vigil - Week 24
Citing a shortage of people to write parking tickets for, mall security closely monitored us as usual. One of them patriotically saluted us with the middle finger. The police soon arrived. We had a variation on the usual exchange:
Cop: "Turn the horn off or you're going to jail."
Me: "Well, I'm going to keep using it because it's legal."
Cop: "It's not legal. Turn the horn off or you're going to jail."
Me: "I'm sorry but it is legal."
Cop: "Do it again and you're going to go to jail."
Me: "Oh, awesome!"
After this, the person detained in the back seat of the cop's car began laughing and I continued to use the megaphone in the cop's presence. An hour and a half later and no arrests had been made. You'd think that after 24 weeks of vigils, and threat after repeated false threat of arrest, they'd just stop. But you've got to admire their persistence.
After this, a man hung himself out the window, waving his middle finger wildly, yelling all sorts of profanities and gay slurs. We were told to "get the fuck out of the country" and much more. A small taint on a day otherwise filled with people laughing at the satirical speeches made on the megaphone and mostly positive responses.